Back to School: Easy Lunch Planner for Moms and Kids

Do your kids eat only parts of their lunch? Get them involved in making their own lunches with this simple lunch planner. No more half-eaten lunches coming home from school!

Let’s face it – Kids often don’t have lots of time to eat at lunch during the school day. They love to chat with their friends, or the lunch line takes a long time. You want to be sure your kids have time to eat everything in their lunch box. There’s nothing as frustrating as a lunch box coming home with half-eaten food and a ravenous kid ready to eat everything in the fridge as an afternoon snack.

Easy Lunch Planner for Moms and Kids

This lunch planner works for almost every kid, even kids with allergies. Make sure your child has a healthy protein in their lunch first. This is the energy food that sustains them for an afternoon of learning. Always include water for necessary hydration. Follow up with a fruit or vegetable to ensure your kids are getting their fruits and vegetables daily. The fruit can also double as the “treat” in the lunch. While kids only need 4 teaspoons of sugar daily, fruit sugar is one healthy way to eat those 4 teaspoons of sugar. Don’t forget to watch the amount of sugar found in yogurt. I prefer to give my kids homemade yogurt with homemade jam to keep the amount of sugar under control. Easy Lunch Combination = Protein + Fruit or Vegetable + Dairy

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What great ideas for lunch options! We homeschool, but on days that we attend co-op, I pack our lunches. Thanks for the great lunch planning tips!Jennifer Dawn recently posted..A Little Bird Told Me Link Party #151

This is fantastic. I have two in high school right now and they both are short on time at lunch. This is a great way for them to have better choices at lunch and have enough time to eat! Passing this on.

This is such a great idea and I think it could really help my kids! We try to plan lunch in advance because it cuts down on the craziness in the busy mornings!Michelle @ Sunshine and Hurricanes.com recently posted..Armed and Ready to Make School Lunches

LOL You’ll be fine! Just stock up a bit on easy snacks before school starts. Ask your first grader what they like to eat to make sure they’ll eat what’s in the box. And, they may not finish everything for the first few weeks. Depending on their Kindergarten situation, they may feel overwhelmed being with the big kids for lunch. My ds7 ate lunch with the big kids last year. However, he wasn’t allowed to get up from the table, and his teacher brought them over early to get the little ones through the hot lunch line first.

My daughter will be starting Preschool this year so I will not have to pack a lunch just yet. But, this is such a great list! It’s so important to eat healthy and I’ve tried to instill this into my daughter since she started eating real food.Shelly recently posted..ModCloth’s 1st Ever Namesake Label

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